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HBMS Rupert (1666)

Page history last edited by Cy 14 years, 11 months ago

Rupert, 66 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Launched 1666/01/26 B028
Shipyard Harwich DY B028
Designer Sir Anthony Deane B028
Master Shipbuilder Sir Anthony Deane B028
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1702/03 B028
Fate Broken Up to Rebuild B028
Becomes Rupert
Dimensions
B065   Type Metric
Length of Keel 119' 0" Imperial Feet 36.27
Breadth 36' 3" Imperial Feet 11.05
Depth in Hold 17' 1" Imperial Feet 5.21
Burthen 791 Tons BM
B032   Type Metric
Length of Keel 119' 0" Imperial Feet 36.27
Breadth 37' 2" Imperial Feet 11.33
Depth in Hold 15' 6" Imperial Feet 4.72
Draught Aft 17' 0" Imperial Feet 5.18
Burthen 832 Tons BM
B164   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 144' 1" Imperial Feet 43.92
Length of Keel 119' 0" Imperial Feet 36.27
Breadth 36' 3" Imperial Feet 11.05
Depth in Hold 15' 6" Imperial Feet 4.72
Draught Aft 17' 0" Imperial Feet 5.18
Burthen 83172/94 Tons BM
Armament
1666 B164 Broadside Weight = 685
Gun Deck 22 British Demi-Cannon
Gun Deck 30 British Culverin
Gun Deck 12 British Demi-Culverin
Gun Deck 3 British 6-Pound Saker
1667 B065
Gun Deck 66 All Guns
1685 B065 Broadside Weight = 516
Gun Deck 64 All Guns
1685 B164 Broadside Weight = 178
Gun Deck 24 British 24-Pounder
Gun Deck 2 British Culverin
Gun Deck 26 British 12-Pounder
Gun Deck 12 British Demi-Culverin
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1689 320 Establishment for war at home B032
1689 400 Establishment for war abroad B032
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1670 1671 Vice-Admiral John Chicheley B051
1671/06/06 1672/01/05 Vice-Admiral Edward Spragg B051
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1666/01/06 1666/05 Post Captain Richard Utber B051
1666/06/01 1667/04/02 Rear-Admiral of the White Richard Utber B051
1667/05/04 1667/12/10 Post Captain John Hubbard B051
1668/03/22 1668/08/27 Post Captain John Chicheley B051
1671/06/06 1672/01/05 Post Captain John Hart B051
1672/04/04 1673/08/13 Post Captain John Holmes B164
1673/08/17 1673/11/03 Post Captain Thomas Fowler B164
1677/11/05 1679 Post Captain Arthur Herbert B029
1679/11/09 1680 Post Captain John Wyborne B051
1684 Unknown Post Captain Anthony Smith B051
1685 1685/09 Post Captain John Neville B164
1685/09/24 1687/04/18 Post Captain Stephen Akerman B051
1688 1689 Post Captain William Jennings B164
1689/04 1690 Post Captain Francis Wheeler B164
1690/06/24 1690/06/30 Post Captain George Pomeroy B164
1690/07/01 1691 Post Captain Simon Fowkes B164
1691 1692/08 Post Captain Mathew Aylmer B164
1692/08 1693 Post Captain Basil Beaumont B164
1694 1694/10/17 Post Captain Thomas Kercher B164
1694/10/17 1698 Post Captain Thomas Dilkes B164
1698 1698/07 Post Captain David Greenhill B164
Commissioned Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1666 1667 Lieutenant Thomas Hamilton B051
1671 1671 Lieutenant Robert Hooper B051
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1666/01 Completed at Harwich DY at a cost of £7,119.0.0d ,at £9.0.0d per ton B164
1666/06/11 Present at Four Days Battle  
1666/07/25 Present at St James Day Battle  
1672/05/28 Present at the Battle of Solebay  
1673/05/28 Present at First Battle of Schooneveld  
1673/06/04 Present at Second Battle of Schooneveld  
1673/08/10 Present at the Battle of Texel  
1678/04/01 In company with the Mary, took an Algerine, the Tiger of 40 guns. In the Rupert, all the officers, down to the boatswain's mate, had been killed or wounded, nineteen people in all being killed, and between thirty and forty wounded. Herbert, by the explosion of some bandoliers which lay on the quarter-deck, was badly burnt about the face, and lost the sight of one of his eyes. B164
1680/04/11 In company with the Adventure and theHampshire chased an Algerine vessel, the Orange Tree(28), into Tangier road. The chase was run ashore by the Rupert B051
1690/06/30 Present at the Battle of Beachy Head  
1692/05/19 Present at the Battle of Barfleur  
1692/10 In company with the Adventure took two privateers of 24 and 18 guns on the Irish Station B164
1692/12 Took two privateers of 16-guns each off the Start B164
1694 To the West Indies B164
1695 In the Soundings B164
1698/07 Paid off B164
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1666/06/11 Four Days Battle
1666/07/25 St James Day Battle
1672/05/28 Battle of Solebay
1673/05/28 First Battle of Schooneveld
1673/06/04 Second Battle of Schooneveld
1673/08/10 Battle of Texel
1690/06/30 Battle of Beachy Head
1692/05/19 Battle of Barfleur
Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B065 The Ship of the Line Vol I Brian Lavery
B032 The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1984 E. H. H. Archibald
B164 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714 Rif Winfield
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume I John Charnock
B029 The Royal Navy Vol II William Laid Clowes

Last Updated :2009/05/17 at 11:26:29 by Cy

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